Flooding Rains

August 19-21, 2007

Heavy rainfall inundated multiple communities across northern Ohio during a 2-day period. The rain developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary which was oriented from west to east across north central Ohio. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico as well as the remnants of Tropical Depression Erin were being drawn northward and resulted in tropical downpours. Several short wave troughs spurred the development of the showers and storms. A low level jet focused the rains over the same area for hours. The low level jet is most prominent at night so the heaviest rains redeveloped each night, starting Sunday night (August 19th) into Monday morning and then again on Monday night into the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 21st.

View the NWS webpage for more information on the floods.